85mph highway in texas

[Barry Donovan]

Maybe other places will follow suit..

85mph highway

my tin can started driving when 65 was set in place, today it is at 75...

90mph nominal on 1781cc? yeah. Some roads can be faster indeed.

I'd be wanting to fly across rural texas too.

may we all get the freedom of this 180mph video :

just imagine ten to twelve of these in a row.

[BOOOGHAR]

cant wait for the youtube videos of people posting how fast they did the drive between the two cities, im sure we'll see cars in the triple digits

[Barry Donovan]

cant wait for the youtube videos of people posting how fast they did the drive between the two cities, im sure we'll see cars in the triple digits

15 over. why not.
pushing those boundaries end up statistics...and then speed limits change.

the stampeded places keep it down for everybody. No need of that.
can be very dynamical. my own locale has a 40 blinking sign in bad weathers, back to 70s when normal.
they could do that anywhere.. like the yellow blinking light late at night, a functioning redlight during the day.

in due time I guess. really glad to see fast highway.

[Scott Liggett]

Mash the gas, Tex!! Yeeehhaawww!!!

[Gary 351C]

The thing is, wenever you raise the bar, you soon get used to the bar. I remember the days of the 55 mph speed limit, 65 felt fast. Then when it was raised back up to 65, 75 felt fast. Now the flow of traffic on the 405 is 80 mph, and it feels normal. Pretty soon 85 won't seem so special and people will be pushing 90-100. I wouldn't be a problem if we taught people how to drive, but we don't. They pay 35 dollars, take a lame written test and hit the road. Pretty scary.

[BigBlockMopar]

It wouldn't be a problem if we taught people how to drive, but we don't.

"It wouldn't be a problem if we could teach stupid people how to drive, but we just can't."


There... Fixed it for ya.

[Manifestospeed]

Someday, a state legislature might finally figure out that building an "American Autobahn" would be a great boost to tourism and revenue. This 85 m.p.h. toll road is a small start.

One-size-fits-all speed regulation is stupid. We are "dumbing down" our traffic system to the lowest common denominator (unskilled, text-messaging and distracted "drivers" (i.e. mere passengers with a couple of fingers sometimes touching the steering wheel), ill-handling, poorly-maintained "hoopties," oversized swaying motorhomes, and overloaded trucks). This "one size" approach unfairly penalizes those who invest in high-performance vehicles and proper high-speed driver training)

What we really need is a graduated licensing system for both cars and drivers with "superlicenses" available for speed-rated vehicles and speed-trained drivers.

[Russell]

^ That would be really cool if it worked but on the highway speed diffrentral can be more dangerious than high speed. Car A is traveling at 120 mph, Car B 70 mph, Car C 65 mph. Car B pulls in to the left lane to pass Car C cutting off Car A that was not there last time they looked in the mirrow 2 miles ago.

[DanStokes]

It also frosts my cookies that this new highway is NOT in NC!

Listen to Russell - he knows about roads and stuff.

Dan

[TC]

What's the big deal, I drive 85 on the interstates already and I don't have to pay to drive on them.......

And as a smart driver when you come up on slower traffic, you slow down until passing them safely, then return to comfort zone speed.......

[Cyclone03]

The thing about pushing the 85 15over is they site Felony speeding at all speeds over 80.
We've had 80 mph in west Texas for about 8 years now.

The biggest problem with state route 130 is it's a toll road and the toll is 12.5 cents per mile,and it's still patroled by the DPS. If it wasn't patroled I'm sure some of my fellow Texans would be cruising 130-150 mph....

[pdub]

It also frosts my cookies that this new highway is NOT in NC!


Dan

Dan, isn't there a stretch of I-85 between Raleigh and Greensboro where the limit is 80? Or maybe I'm remembering wrong...

[Russell]

Far as I know the highest posting in NC is 70 mph

[pdub]

Far as I know the highest posting in NC is 70 mph

Maybe it wasn't I-85, but maybe the road that breaks off of I-85 and goes into Raleigh....I may be having senior moments but I can vividly remember (true or not) that 80 mph sign and going Whoo-hoo! for about ten or fifteen miles....hmmmmm...and that was....woulda been in the 1990's, early-to mid. Made the round trip 3 times.

Now I'll have to research it instead of sittin' here doing nothing.

EDIT: I can't find a history of it being any more than 70. Well, I can't find a history at all. I guess I dreamed that three times!

[DanStokes]

Nobody says you weren't GOING 80....

Dan